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Topic: Liszt At The Trocadero (Read 1487 times)

bach-liszt

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The memoirs of the French composer Marcel Dupre contain an interesting account of Liszt described by his teacher, the virtuoso Charles Marie Widor. After the Cavaille'-Coll organ was installed at the Palais du Trocadero in Paris, Liszt decided to give the new organ a try. In his company were C. Saint-Saens and Widor. Liszt put those famous hands of his on those keyboards and began to extemporize in amazing fashion. How would you have liked to have seen/heard that!

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thalbergmad

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Re: Liszt At The Trocadero

Reply #1 on: May 14, 2006, 10:30:16 AM

Yeh, I would have like to have seen that.

Would have rather like to have seen Widor and Saint Saens play as well.

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